I recently referred to the Sticker Picture craze among young Japanese women and came across a handy iPhone application for customizing your...

I completed Lesson 1 of Heisig’s Remember the Kanji. It was super easy and a quick lesson. I used the list on smart.fm to study my way thro...

I just started using Rosetta Stone to supplement my self directed Japanese language study. Today I completed Lesson 1 of unit 1 from the cou...

Roland Kelts describes the essence of Akihabara and goes into detail about Otaku culture, their characteristics, and why they're so dang...

Ganbatte - Do your best! Ganbatte - Good luck! One word that fascinates me to no end is the word ganbatte ( sometimes written gambatte ). It...

Today I studied these terms: 優しい – やさしい – ya.sa.shi.i. ( yah-sa-she ) – gentle, kindhearted 易しい – やさしい – ya.sa.shi.i ( ya-sa-she ) – easy, s...

National Geographic has a youtube page with all of its videos narrated in Japanese. Not only will it help you practice your Japanese listen...

Today, using smart.fm , I studied these terms: 悪い – わるい – wa.ru.i ( wah-louie ) – bad 良い – いい – i.i ( ee ) – good 意地悪な – いじわるな – i.ji.wa.ru....

I've spent a lot of time on 43Things (a community site for achieving your goals and writing about your journey). My main goal is to Lea...

I recently watched video about visiting a shrine in Japan and the ritual traditions behind it and to me its quite fascinating. Without knowi...

new vocabulary: 病院 - びょういん - byo.u.i.n (bi-yo-ein) - hospital 交番 - こうばん - ko.u.ba.n (koh-bon) - police station 郵便局 - ゆうびんきょく - yu.u.bi.n.kyo...

new vocabulary 名前 - なまえ - na.ma.e (na-my) - name new phrases: kanji: 私の名前はライアンです。 hiragana: わたしのなまえはライアンです。 romaji: watashi no namae wa raia...

A new phrase today. One that will help me get to know people and experience new things. あなたのしゅみはなんですか？　 anata no shumi wa nan desu ka? What...

ここです。 みなさん こ んに ち は。 わたし は ライアン です。 に ほん ごが ち ょっと わかり ます、だか ら がんばり ます。 ひ ら が な そして カタカナ が わかり ます、でも まだかんじ は わかり ません。 助け て くれ て、どうもありがとうございます...